All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 9
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Chittagong to get gantries
Construction of Chittagong''s New Moorings container terminal is due to start this year and be completed by December 2005.
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NewsSimulation tests viability of the choice
Kalmar is offering a new range of services through its Terminal Development Unit. Its clients can now use a simulation software application for the planning of logistics solutions and investment decisions at various types of container ports.
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TT Club to shine the light
Starting next month, the TT Club will be contributing to Port Strategy on the ubiquitous topic of port security.
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NewsFeinstein concerned over uranium shipment
" I think this is a case in point which established the soft underbelly of national security and homeland defence in the United States, " Californian democratic senator, Dianne Feinstein stated recently.
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Confusion in Qingdao
Qingdao Port Authority (QPA) has confirmed its decision to award a major expansion contract, Qianwan Phase IV, to a consortium after the same project was apparently awarded to CSX World Terminals by the Qingdao municipal government.
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NewsConstantza hopes for a smooth river
A quarter of all cargo handled each year in the Black Sea port of Constantza, or 10m tonnes, comes from inland shipping on the Danube. With the first stage of a new container terminal opening this year, the Romanian port is hoping for stability on that waterway.
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NewsSTACK 'EM HIGH
Fazilette Khan finds that forklifts continue their vital role in moving breakbulk cargoes and empties around the terminal. And the technical specs are still being tweaked.
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NewsEvergreen gets new Tacoma terminal
The port of Tacoma has awarded the largest single capital improvement contract in its history. ICON Materials, the low bidder, will manage construction of a new container terminal for Evergreen America Inc.
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NewsGRAIN EXPORTS Parched by the Weather
Changing global weather patterns are playing havoc with the market for world grain, writes Alex Hughes .
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NewsForth Ports weighs up MDHC
The Scotsman has reported that Forth Ports is mulling a takeover approach to Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to create a £ 500m port and property giant.
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NewsKalmar's terminal tractors go global
Kalmar' s aim to develop a global production latform for terminal tractors has moved forward with the first units rolling out of its Shanghai assembly plant.
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NewsGottwald MHC for Tecon
Gottwald Port Technology has sold another 100-tonne HMK 300 E Mobile Harbour Crane to Tecon in the port of Rio Grande on the Uruguay border.
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ICTSI tipped for Port of Spain
Reports from Trinidad indicate that International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has secured the container handling concession at Port of Spain.
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NewsShow me the MONEY PART II
In his second article on port pricing, Gustaaf de Monie points the way to a more independent regime in which port authorities need to operate, free of political interference.
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NewsTyne nurtures modal shift and lapwings
The Volkswagen Group has opened its new eco-friendly £ 5.6m Tyne Distribution Centre. The 20-hectare car import facility at Maritime Park, North Shields, is a secure storage compound accommodating up to 8,000 cars. Approximately 60,000 cars will pass through the port in 2004. 200 people have worked on the site, ...
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MARRYING THE NEW TO THE OLD
Thirty-odd years ago a little single-decker called the HELMSDALE traded from Orkney to Leith with barrels, butts and hogsheads for the Midlothian distilleries. The whisky cargo was just too much of a temptation for the stevedores. The gangs trouped on board armed with plastic buckets. " Watch and learn laddie, ...
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Tanga targets northern trade
Tanzania''s second port of Tanga is targeting exporters in the country''s northern regions of Kilimanjara and Arusha in a concerted drive to expand its hinterland.
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Ports of the World is out
Lloyd' s List Ports of the World 2004, featuring over 2,600 commercially active ports, has been published. 55 new ports have been added to the two-volume set which costs £ 249/$413.
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PSA out-manoeuvred in Shanghai..
Confusion surrounds the $12.07bn development of a new 54-berth deep-water port on Yangshan Island, which will be connected to Shanghai via a new 30km bridge.
